Michael A. Witt

4.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
69 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Witt is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Witt has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Strategy and Management, 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Witt's work include International Business and FDI (15 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (10 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (10 papers). Michael A. Witt is often cited by papers focused on International Business and FDI (15 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (10 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (10 papers). Michael A. Witt collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and France. Michael A. Witt's co-authors include Gordon Redding, Stav Fainshmidt, Ruth V. Aguilera, Arie Y. Lewin, Grégory Jackson, Alain Verbeke, Günter K. Stahl, Peter Ping Li, Sean Redding and Ajai Gaur and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Witt

66 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

De-globalization: Theorie... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2019 2020 2013 2022 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. De-globalization: Theories, predictions, and opportunities for international business research
    2019 354 citations Michael A. Witt Journal of International Business Studies profile →
  2. The contributions of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to international business research
    2020 297 citations Stav Fainshmidt, Michael A. Witt et al. Journal of International Business Studies profile →
  3. Asian business systems: institutional comparison, clusters and implications for varieties of capitalism and business systems theory
    2013 209 citations Michael A. Witt, Gordon Redding profile →
  4. Decoupling in international business: Evidence, drivers, impact, and implications for IB research
    2022 124 citations Michael A. Witt, Arie Y. Lewin et al. Journal of World Business profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael A. Witt 1.5k 660 564 476 439 69 2.8k
Stefanie Ann Lenway 2.0k 1.3× 707 1.1× 334 0.6× 428 0.9× 191 0.4× 32 2.6k
Peter Lorange 2.1k 1.4× 616 0.9× 228 0.4× 763 1.6× 130 0.3× 86 3.2k
Jane E. Salk 2.7k 1.8× 580 0.9× 305 0.5× 737 1.5× 233 0.5× 18 3.5k
Asghar Zardkoohi 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.7× 399 0.7× 349 0.7× 144 0.3× 65 2.5k
Trevor Buck 2.5k 1.7× 2.1k 3.1× 538 1.0× 862 1.8× 347 0.8× 116 4.5k
Lynn Harold Vogel 1.2k 0.8× 393 0.6× 221 0.4× 525 1.1× 121 0.3× 11 2.3k
Ileana Steccolini 725 0.5× 612 0.9× 420 0.7× 313 0.7× 807 1.8× 104 3.1k
Jitendra V. Singh 1.9k 1.3× 863 1.3× 553 1.0× 768 1.6× 131 0.3× 21 3.2k
K. Matthew Gilley 1.2k 0.8× 558 0.8× 407 0.7× 779 1.6× 136 0.3× 23 2.7k
Jasjit Singh 1.4k 1.0× 364 0.6× 303 0.5× 236 0.5× 141 0.3× 64 2.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Witt, Michael A. & Luciano Ciravegna. (2025). Serving national security? MNE responses in economic war. Journal of World Business. 60(3). 101628–101628. 2 indexed citations
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Fainshmidt, Stav, et al.. (2024). Foreign policy: implications for multinational firms. Journal of International Business Policy. 8(1). 105–119. 3 indexed citations
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Witt, Michael A., Stav Fainshmidt, & Ruth V. Aguilera. (2021). Our Board, Our Rules: Nonconformity to Global Corporate Governance Norms. Administrative Science Quarterly. 67(1). 131–166. 86 indexed citations
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Barnard, Helena, Arie Y. Lewin, Elizabeth L. Rose, Peter Ping Li, & Michael A. Witt. (2020). Management and Organization Review Research Frontiers Conference and Paper Development Workshop ‘China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment to Africa’. Management and Organization Review. 16(2). 461–463. 1 indexed citations
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Witt, Michael A.. (2019). De-globalization: Theories, predictions, and opportunities for international business research. Journal of International Business Studies. 50(7). 1053–1077. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Witt, Michael A. & Grégory Jackson. (2016). Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Comparative Advantage: A Test and Reinterpretation. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Witt, Michael A., Luiz Ricardo Kabbach de Castro, Luiz Ricardo Kabbach de Castro, et al.. (2015). The Business Systems of the World's Leading 61 Economies: Institutional Comparison, Clusters, and Implications for Varieties of Capitalism and Business Systems Research. 1 indexed citations
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Witt, Michael A., Gordon Redding, & Francis E. Hutchinson. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems. Southeast Asian Economies. 32(3). 413–414. 81 indexed citations
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Giroud, Axèle, et al.. (2014). Multinational Enterprises in Asian Business Systems. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 2012. 653–6. 2 indexed citations
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Carney, Richard W. & Michael A. Witt. (2013). The Role of the State in Asian Business Systems. Oxford University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Redding, Gordon & Michael A. Witt. (2013). Asian Business Systems. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Witt, Michael A. & Gordon Redding. (2013). Asian Business Systems. Oxford University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Witt, Michael A. & Gordon Redding. (2013). China. Oxford University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Witt, Michael A.. (2012). South Korea: Plutocratic State-Led Capitalism Reconfiguring. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Witt, Michael A. & Gordon Redding. (2011). The Spirits of Corporate Social Responsibility: Senior Executive Perceptions of the Role of the Firm in Society in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Witt, Michael A. & Gordon Redding. (2011). The Spirits of East Asian Capitalism: Hong Kong and South Korean Senior Executive Perceptions of Why Firms Exist. 1–26. 1 indexed citations
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Redding, Gordon & Michael A. Witt. (2010). The Future of Chinese Capitalism: Choices and Chances. Oxford University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Redding, Gordon & Michael A. Witt. (2009). China's Business System and its Future Trajectory. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Redding, Gordon & Michael A. Witt. (2008). China’s business system and its future trajectory. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. 26(3). 381–399. 56 indexed citations
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Witt, Michael A. & Arie Y. Lewin. (2007). Outward foreign direct investment as escape response to home country institutional constraints. Journal of International Business Studies. 38(4). 579–594. 46 indexed citations

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